Forbidden by the Triplet Alphas
Old wolves wept, their tears falling on the stone floor, their weathered faces lifted toward the light.
"But the war is not over," I said, and the cheering stopped. The silence was immediate, heavy, expectant. Every eye was on me. "The king is dead. The shadow is gone. The darkness is silent. But it is only sleeping. It has slept before. It has always woken. One day, it will wake again. That is the nature of darkness. It does not die. It only waits. It only watches. It only hungers."
The pack was silent. The flames crackled. I saw fear in some eyes, defiance in others, hope in a few. A young pup in the back of the hall began to cry, and its mother hushed it, rocking it gently.
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